NIGERIA’S long years of military rule brought about militarised leadership in the country. It was an era better imagined than experienced. With the return of democratic governance in 1999, it was obvious that the country has returned to the path of freedom, equity, fairness, rule of law, period elections and constitutionalism.

I AM a diehard opponent of bringing past military leaders back to preside over our democratic dispensation. Apart from the fact that they would always bring back the better forgotten memories of the 1966 coups, the Nigerian civil war and their evil aftermaths that leave a bitter taste in my mouth, they are singularly incompetent to correctly and successfully operate our democracy.

Egypt national Team manager Hector Cuper yesterday spoke on the double header against the Super Eagles on March 25 in Kaduna and March 29 in Alexandria, insisting that he has the magic wand to ensure that Eagles do not qualify for next year’s African Cup of Nations in Gabon.

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, NANTA,yesterday said that cumulative effect of taxes and surcharges were responsible for increase in prices of airline tickets in the country.

KONGA.com has forever changed the way Nigerians shop online, but it wasn’t always the juggernaut that it is today. In fact, once upon a time it was just a promising startup with a big vision. So, how did it end up becoming Nigeria’s largest online retailer?

After making his persence felt at the just concluded ITTF World Tour tagged Kuwait Open, Egypt’s Shady Magdy is hoping for a return to Lagos for the Nigerian Open scheduled for May 18 to 22 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

In order to further encourage the development of Squash in Nigeria especially at the grassroots level Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi celebrated his 60th birthday recently by hosting the first edition of the Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi U-19 indoor squash tournament which took place at the Lagos country club Ikeja Lagos

The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and the Road Transport Employers Association, RTEAN, yesterday urged their members to observe all traffic regulations on the highways during Easter celebration.

THE United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, has lamented that the Nigerian government spent about $1 billion on importation of tomato paste.

The world around us, every business and nearly every industry, is being transformed by technology. This disruption is driven, in part, by the intersection of three trends: a massive explosion of data, intelligence from machine learning and advanced analytics, and the economics and agility of cloud computing.